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ChrisO_wiki

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ChrisO_wiki

@ChrisO_wiki

Independent military history author and researcher. Coffee tips are appreciated! ko-fi.com/chrisowiki Now also at chriso-wiki.bsky.social

Joined January 2010

ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Feb 22, 2025
Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Feb 27, 2025
Reminder: the Tates are charged with rape, human trafficking and organised crime in Romania, have been convicted of tax evasion in the UK, and are also facing extradition to the UK over allegations of rape and human trafficking. But apparently this is all OK if you're pro-Trump.
Sky News
@SkyNews
Feb 27, 2025
BREAKING: The Tate brothers have left Romania, according to reports. It comes after the Donald Trump's administration reportedly made multiple attempts to pressurise Romania to lift travel restrictions on Andrew and Tristan Tate. ➡️ trib.al/oRArFvk 📺 Sky 501
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
May 7, 2025
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Feb 17, 2025
What possible foreign policy interest does this serve?
Financial Times
@FT
Feb 17, 2025
Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers on.ft.com/4hLUoFh
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Mar 5, 2025
1/ Out of 12,000 North Korean soldiers sent to Russia to fight against Ukraine, only two have been captured alive. They have recently been telling their stories to American and South Korean journalists, providing a unique perspective on the war. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Mar 10, 2025
I'm beginning to think that Teslas are not very popular these days x.com/i/status/18990…
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Apr 14, 2022
Some thoughts on the apparent sinking of the Russian Black Sea flagship Moskva: if confirmed, it's likely to go down in history as one of the most audaciously successful attacks in modern naval history. /1
ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Oct 17, 2025
How not to disguise the identity of your witness
Scott Manley
@DJSnM
Oct 17, 2025
A mysterious expert in submersibles was interviewed by the Coast Guard during the Titan investigation. His name is redacted, but we barely get into the interview before it becomes obvious who it is.
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Aug 17, 2022
1/ A 34-year-old former Russian paratrooper, Pavel Filatyev, has published a remarkable in-depth account of his experiences of the Ukraine war. He served with the Feodosia-based 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment and fought in southern Ukraine for two months. A 🧵 follows.
ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Mar 7, 2025
1/ Donald Trump may be aiming to annex the Great Lakes – and possibly south-eastern Ontario in a maximalist scenario – and kick Canada out of NORAD, judging by first-hand accounts of talks between Canada and the Trump Administration. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Jun 23, 2023
1/ Wagner Group fighters have been saying goodbye to their relatives over the past 24 hours and telling them to watch the TV news, which suggests that they may have had advance notice of today's dramatic events with Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Mar 23, 2025
Denmark sent 18,000 soldiers to Afghanistan to fight alongside the US and had the second highest per capita casualties after the US, with 43 fatalities from a country of fewer than 6 million people.
Carl Bildt
@carlbildt
Mar 23, 2025
Truly remarkable with Vice President JD Vance 🇺🇸 saying that 🇩🇰 “is not a good ally” and indicates 🇺🇸 will do whatever with 🇬🇱 in spite of “the screaming of the Europeans”.
Orla Joelsen
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Orla Joelsen
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Feb 2, 2025
1/ A Russian medic who has deserted from the Russian army and is seeking asylum in France has given a vivid account of the grim conditions on the Russian front line in Ukraine, the brutality of the Russian commanders, and the threats faced by Russian troops. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki
@ChrisO_wiki
Nov 11, 2025
This helps to illustrate why the Germans thought they were under machine-gun fire when they first encountered the riflemen of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914. The British Army trained for this kind of rapid fire.
Philip Brazier
@PhilipBrazier3
Nov 10, 2025
At Leeds Armouries. Ten (blank) rounds challenge, Lee Enfield vs K98.
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